Tea-making attachment for cups.



No. 642,798. Patented Feb. 6, |900. A. E. MACDONALD.

TEA MAKING ATTACHMENT FOB CUPS.

(Application mea June 5, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT E. MACDONALD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 4-

TEA-MAKING ATTACHMENT FOR CUPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,798, dated February 6, 1900.

Application tiled Tune 5, 1399. Serial No. 719,360. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ALBERT E. MACDONALD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San FranciscofState of California, have invented an Improvement in Tea- Making Attachments for Cups; and I hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and eX- act description of the same.

My invention relates to a device which is designed for use with tea-cups and for the purpose of making a single cup of tea.

It consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.V

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a sectional View of the cup, showing my attachment in place. Fig. 2 is aview of the holderand a central cap attached thereto.

A represents an ordinary'tea-cup.

B is a cover of somewhat larger diameter adapted to lit upon the top of the cup and having a central opening, around .the periphery of which the edges of a screen-basket C are fixed. This basket is spheroidal in form and depends from below the cover B, so that when the latter is placed upon the cup the basket will depend into the cup. Around the periphery of the central opening a circular ange D projects upwardly and a cap or cover E is fitted to be placed thereon.

When it is desired to make a cup of tea, the necessary quantity of tea-leaves is placed in the basket C, the cap E having been removed and the cover B placed upon the cup. Boiling water is then poured through the leaves into the cup and the cap E replaced to prevent the escape of vapor and the aroma of the tea, which is thus allowed to steep for a few moments, when the tea will'be ready. When the tea has been made, the cover will be removed, and the cap E having been placed upon the flange D the cover can be inverted and the remaining tea in the basket resting upon the cover will be in readiness for further use, as the iirst use will not deprive it of all of its valuable qualities and it can be used a second time in the same manner as previously described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A device for making tea consisting of a cover having a central opening, an annular flange rising from its Outer surface and surrounding said opening, a screen-basket fixed in the opening, and a cap having a flange adapted to nt the flange of the cover said cover capable of reversal and its flange and cap forming a chamber for the tea-leaves when the device is reversed.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT E. MACDONALD. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, GEO. H. STRONG. 

